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The Mess That We Made — Read by Kathryn Hahn

A read-aloud of Michelle Lord's 'The Mess That We Made,' a cumulative-rhyme story about ocean pollution — how trash and plastic harm sea animals like turtles and seals, and how people can reduce, recycle, and clean up to save the ocean.

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